Omaha Daily Bee Newspaper, March 15, 1890, Page 4

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Marcn 2 nday, March Tuesday, March 4 Wednesday, March 5 ‘Thursany, Marcl 6 Friduy, March 7 20,280 GRORG Eworn 1o before me and nce this “th day of Marc 110 in my L As D, 1800 P, ¥ Notary Public. £tate of Nebrask Conaty ot Donglas, Georgr B, Tzschuck, being duly sworn, de- 1080k Rl sitys (it he 18 secrotary of Tie BEg Publishini Company, that the actunl average daily citculation of Tk DALY DEE for the month of Maren 185, 18854 copies: for April, {880, IR030 copies: for May, 1850, 18,600 con for Jurie, 140, 14,856 coples: for July, 198, 1, cobies; for Angust, 194, 18031 coples: for & /1860, K710 contes: for Octoher, 1959, ovember, 1489, 10,310 cop 1853, 20,045 coples: for January, coples; for February, 180), 19,701 GEORGE B, TZSCMUCK. 8worn to pefore me and hseribed 1n my prosence this lat dny of March, A. D., 180, (Senl. | N P. Friu, Notary Public, THE cattlemen’s corvention at Fort Worth from all reports as short and sweet as a tenderloin steak. fss. L 1690, 18, copies, 15 Tie testimony brought out 1n the MeCalla inquiry would go to show that both the commander and crew of the Baterprise were a pretty bad lot. On16’s hilarvious approval of schedule [ emphasizes the value of having an Ohio man at the head of the waysand means committee to look after Ohio interests, Tue Western freight association has agreed to reduce its rates between the Missouri river and Chicago. Score an- other point for the Iowa state railroad commi wool interosts of Ohio en- thusiastically endorse the wool sched- ule of the new tarifi bill it becomes ident that the government will assist at the shearing of the wearers of weolen goods, ev- Witine hundreds of farmers ave paring to raise beets, the state business men’s association proposes to plant deadt beats. Between both the hurvest of the genuine article ought to be a hountiful o . THE final test of the pneumatic dyna- mite guns of the eruiser Vesuvius hav- ing proved satisfactory, the new war vessel will be an object as destructive and as much to be dreaded as its histor- ical namesak Wi snow deifts si ove the tops of telograph poles, and with trains on the mountain divisions of Colorado buried out of sight in the benutiful, the people of the Centenniul state will bo in 0o hurry to ndvertise their summer bealth rvesorts. A CuBAN editor, whosa zeal for lib- arty the hotter of his judgment, is languishing 1o jail for endorsing an- nexation to the United S The fool subvrdinates of the Spanish mon- archy have yot to learn that tyranny and the jail nre the avenues to freedomn. tes. EVERY time a congressman in favor of opening the Cherokee strip, dispatehies from Kansas announce a grand vush of hoomers into the forbid- den laud. These reports had better be taken with a grain of allowance. The military nuthovities, as well as the In- dian police in that tervitory, have had strict orders to keep out adventurers, und it is hardly probable that they are caught unpping every day in the week. sneozes Not only the damages, but the eity's share of the cost of constructing the Eleventh and Sixteenth street viaducts wore assossed back on the proverty ben- efitted. To make an exception in favor of Teuth street, and pay the damages out of the 1 fund would be an outrageous act of injustice. The city has contributed ono hundred and fifty thousund doll toward that steucture, and the property benefitted should be compelled to bear the amount of dam- ages awarded, goner Tue importance of the Department of the Plaite as a supply d for army posts 1 Nebraska, Dakota, Wyoming, Colorado, Utah and Idaho aguin shown by the necessity of erecting new and lrger buildings at the government corrul in this ecity. The aispatches from Washington indicate that the seoretary of war has approved the pluns for an immense warehouse to be crected s soon as the appropriation is allowed, Tho building demandea is one of & number of the same characte to be erected in the near future, The plaus call for a brick structure fifty by three hundred feet, three stories in height, to cost not less than sixty thou- sand dollars, It were well to bear in mipd when summing up the business rosources of Omaha to include the De- partment of the Platte, which disburses from its depots in this city supplies amounting to two millions of dollars an- aually, many of which are bought in the "eal warket. Dot is MANAGER HOLDREGE A The letter of General Manager Hol- drege of the Burlington road to Attor- ney General Lecse presents the rail- road tido of the controversy regarding loeal freight vates in the state. Mr. Holdrege appenls to the attorney gen- oral to destroy the complaint drafted for presentation to the interstate com- merco commission, “or to corrcet the mis-statoments before filing it.” The attorney general is thoroughly compe- tent to defend tho position he has con- sistently held since his elaction to office, and there need be no fear of his ability to successfully demolish the arguments of Mr. Holdroge. It 18 certainly surprising that such a shrewd manager as Mr. Holdrege should, at tho threshold of the investi- gation, request the suppression of the state's complaint. If, as Me. Holdrege claims and attemnts to pro the state- ments made in the complaint “‘are false and misleading,” it would have been the part of wisdom to let the document ©o before the commission and refuto it the No discreet general would on the eve of battle point out to the cnemy the weak points in his lines. Nor is it rensonable to'suppose that, if the rail- roads could succossfully controvert the indictment prepared by the state, they would send out a division comman- der under a flag of truce, to urge the attorney general to destroy or cor- rect his plan of battie. The truth that the railroads see the handwriting on the wall and will resort to every possible means to pre- vent the reduction of the robbing tolls maintained in the state. Mr. Hol- drege denies that grain rates from in- terior points have ever been as low as at present, and declares that the al- loged low rates prior to the inters commeyee law were due to *“temporury rate wavs or emorgency competition.” In making this bold charge the Bu lington manager neglected to burn the ridges behind him., Thou- sands of way bills are in st- ence proving beyond a shadow of doubt that under the rebate system grain was carviod from competitiv shipping points in the state for from ten to twzlve conts less than the pres- ent rate. And it was not due to a tem- porary rate war, but to a secret under- standing between the managers and the clevator men, 2 Me. Holdreg . quotes the sworn state- ments of the value of railrond property filed with ‘the state auditor during 188 to prove that the corporations are not earning a fair interest on the money invested. In 1888, according to these reports, there were (ive thousand und eleven miies of railvoads in the state. M. Holdvege estimates the cost at twenty-live thou sand dollars per mile, making the total valuation. in round numbers, one hundred and twont, e million dol- lars. The same authority claims that the net carnings of all the railroads in the state for that year ‘‘wero five mil- lion three hundrad and ninety-two thousand tive hundred and seventy dol- lars,equal to four and three-tenths per cent on the valuation.” Mr. Holdrege does not explain why the net carnings for 1888 should fall nearly two million short of the not eavnings of 1587. Cer- wainly there was not a suflleient depu sion of business or a radical increase of operating expenses in 1888 over the pre- ceding year to absorb the difference. ‘The **Report of the [nternal Comme of the United States,” shows (page : that the woial earnings of Nebraska railroads for 1555 were a fraction than eightecn million dollavs. If Mr. Holdvege's figures of the net earnings ave correct, it cost twelve millions, seven hundred and two thousand dol- lars to ope: five thousand miles of roud, or seventy por cent of the totul re- ceipts. Isthe Burlington manager pre parved to defend the essection that it costs seventy per cent of the receipts to operate the roads? 1f so, how is it pos- sible for the Burlington company to operate 13 extensive system for sisty per cent of the reesipts, as 1s shown by the ofticinl etatement for January last? The people of Nebraska cannot be hoodwinked by railroad pleas of pov- ‘erty and distress, in view of the fact that the loc the state are one hundred per cont higher than the pre- vailing rate in lowa. As long as it costs twenty cents to move one hundread wounds of corn five hund while the same quantity is carvied fror Chicago to New Yorlk, ov o hun- dred for Vo conts, no funount of statis! jugglery or pl ible statements can convince the people that the Nebraska or just. miles, et rates are rensonable NATIONAL MEAT INSPECTION . There is a 1ill pending in the which provides for g in- spection, under the divection of the sec- vetary of agricultve, of all sulted pori and bacon intended for exportation,with a view to ascertain and determine whether the same is wholesome and sound for bumaa food. The sure aiso prohibits the importation of adulterated food or drink, and provides that under certain circums president may by proclamation suspend the importation of such avticles, This bill, practieally in its shupe, passed the senate last yer it 1 the approval of the stat and agricultural departn ot When it was before the s v days ago Sepator Sherman stated that it we lieved the of the bill would enable the proper authoritics of roment to procure the and releaso of the various rest im- posed by England, Germanynnd Frauce upon the importation of American meats, and that if this were done it would add at least fifty million dollavs 10 our exports of meat products. The measure, however, has cncoun- tered u somewlkat vigorous opposi- tion from the Senator Platt, when the subject was last before the senate, road a letter from a Connecticut packer for exportation in which he said that if the bill in its present form be- came o law it wow'd ba destructive to a very large part of the export busiuess and do no good to anyone, Subse quently the leading Chicago packers asked a postponement of action on the bill in order togive them an oppor- tunity to state their objections 0 the prosent formm of the meas- ate vernment men 1ees the present il us te n f bo- passago the gov repoal ctions ekers, THE ure. According to the roports from Washington what the Chicago packers want is n government inspec- tion only when shippers or producer: require it. These packers alsv say that in its present shape the il would practically destroy the export trade, Iu the senate discussion of this mens- ure the principal souree of objection appearcd to be wh' ‘her inspoction ghould be made at the place of exporta- tion or at the packing points, and the consensus of opinion was that it would not be necessary to inspect at exporting points if the inspectors wore satisfled that the meats had been cured for a period of sixty days. The ‘opposition to this mensure on the part of the interest most concorned issig- nificant, and naturally suggests whether the government had not better drop the whole matter. The infercnce is that the packers for cxport are cntirely sat- isfi with the situation, and that there is danger if the gov- ernment interferes - that' matters ill be rendered worse instead of bet- ter. The effort of the government to induce foreign governments to remove the rvestrictions on the importation of American meats would, in this case, be of no avail, since it is certain that such restrictions will not be removed, but more probably increased, so long as there is no national inspection upon which foreign buycrs can rely. THE EASI' AND IRRIGATION. It has been apparcut ever since the subjectof reclaiming the arid lands of the west by irrigation began to be seri- ously discussed, that _every effort to put into effect such an enterpriss under the auspices of the government would en- counter a vigorous opposition in the So far as the matter has beon given any consideration by the press of that scction the expression has becge unfavorable to tho government having auything to do with irvigation, and so far as wo know there is no easteen member of congress who does not iold a like view. This opposition seeks to justify itsell with the argument that the government has no right to perform a work of this kind the benelits of which would largely go to private parties, and it refuses to see any advantages to the whole people from vedeeming and makingavailuble for the production of wealth, and for the homes of a population ns large as that of the country at preseat, an area equal to more than half tho Iand in the nation mnow being cultivated. The government might spond money, say the eastorn opponents of iv- rigation, to remove the surplus stones from the farms of New England as prop- erly as it might spend money to supply the lacking moisture to the farms of the west. 1t is easy cnough to find argument of this sort, to presume waste and fraud, nd to assert that the plan is one to get vid of public revenue, and such asser- tion may appear to some as evidence of an honest coucern for the welfare of the public treasur But that is ot the real motive of the opposition, 1t is shown in this frank declaration of the New York Comnercial Advertiser: **Fortun- ately the fnrmers of the cast will be a unit against the project. The farms of fow Kngland are declining in value through western competition. To waste hunireds of millions in intensifying this competition and precipitating this decline will be resisted even by the loyal republican farmers of Vermont.” his 15 the sectional, dog-in-the-manger feel- ing that is at the tottom of the eastern oppusition to the government tak- ing any action for reclaiming tbe arid vegions of the west. Be- cause agriculture in the ecast is less profituble than formerly and farm lands consequently less valuable, dus iv may be in part to the competition of the west, there must bo no further addition made to the agricultural resources of the country. Whether or not it ‘be po: ble to improve the agricaltural condi- tions in New Bngland and restore the tlue of the farms there does not ente into consideration. They are largely unprofitable and are rated at o lower valuation than fornierly, with the possibility of ill fu ther depreciating, therefore there be no extension of the productive ation. The development ving brought misforturte to New Eogland agricultural inte it is now proposed to urray those inter- nst the proposition to enlarge dovelopment in the ouly practicable way 1 which it ean bo done, for without ivvigation promotad in large degree by the government tho arid regions ma never be reclaimed, or, at any rate, will not be until the demands of population, half a century or more heuce, make the absorption of this territory by settlers imperati In the meantime England farms might recover their | value, but in that ovent the gain to the country would be small compured with he benelits to flow from reclaiming our vast unwatered empire. Doubtless this eastern opposition will be effective in preventing any appro- wtion by tho present congroess beyond At i to continue surve in the arid vegions, and even for whis preliminary work the allowance may mnot be liberal. But the sec- tional and narrow spirit which now stands in the way of a policy® that dd fifty per cent to the produ ing capacity of the country, - with " the almost absolute certainty that every dollar expended for this purpgse would be many times repaid to the govern- ment, will not always ba as influential in congress as at present. east. sts, s would SANITARY REGULATIONS. Omaha has arrived at a stage of growth that demands & system of sani- tary inspection and the inauguration of quarantine regulations in all cases of coutagious diseases. The faot that the city has heretofore been practically free from u serious epidemic is no guaranty of futurg exemptiol Broad streots and alleys and o complete systom of sewer- age, coupled with a healthful climate, have been the saieguurds of the people against diseases that have seriously rav- aged other communities. It canuot be expected that we can go on with the present indifferent methods without in- viting disaster. We must assist the OMAHA DAILY BER: ATURDAY, natural nnd geguired health forces by n thorough systom of inspection and the enforcementof public cleanliness under sovere penallish, The letter of Dr. Gapen, city physi= ian, calling’ #¥tontion to the present sanitary condilion of the city, is timely. The suggestivns and recommendations it containg desorve sorious consideras tion. The sybject is one of vital im- portance to thie health of the peoplo, especially soat the present time, when the winter's ‘adeumulation of rabbish and filth, réléjsed from the grip of frost, taints 'the atmosphere and breods diseasa, - Unsaritary conditions are conspiracies againet healtn. The gorms of scarlet fever, diphtheria and like diseases are born of unclean sur- roundings, and their dangerous charac- ter calls for vigorous action, not only to remove the cause, but to quarantine the premiscs nnd protect the veighbor- hood from infection. Prevention, however, is the prime requisite. Under the present law there is practieally no system of inspection and no quarantine regulations, That some steps should be taken to vitalize the board of henlth and make it one in fact as well asin name is conceded, but how to accom= plish it eflectively and economically can only be dotermined by careful in- vestigation of the needs of the city compared with other cities of like pop- ulation and location. Dr. Gapen sug- gests the Denver system as sufficiently bro®t and complete to meet the wants of this city. This comprehendsa daily inspection of strects, yards, alleys and all places where unsanitary conditions exist, a thorough inspection of food and milk, the licensing of milkmen, and the vigorous enforcement of rules gov- erning the carc and condition of milch cows TiE BEE is in favor of every means tending to promote the health of the people and reducing the death rate to the minimum, but it is de- cidedly opposed to any further in- crease of political sinecures. The char- acter of a majority of the mayor’s ap- pointees gives no assurance that the sanitary inspectors, if named by him, would be competent to perform the du- ties required. The ends sought can be more sutisfactorily reached by detailing volice officers, even if 1t is necessary to increase the force to that extent. Sub- ject to rigid discipline, they can be de- pended upon to perform the work of inspection more effectively than poiitical roustabouts. Possessing authority to muke arrests for failure to comply with the orders of the board of health, a ypoliceman is invested with power that commands prompt obedi- ence, . We believe the best way to secure a thorough system. of sanitary inspection and regulation is for the police board and board of health to co-operate and put in force the recommendations of the city physician. The money at the com- mand of both 15 suflicient to pay for such additional help as may be required. T overflow of the Mississippi river from Cairo to New Orleans, inundating the lowlands and sdriously throntening the cities on its banks, gives cause for tha grestest apprehiension. The flood which pours itself annually down this outlet to tho alf increases in volume from year to year. In short, the Mississippi, draining as it does a vast area of the country, has come to such o pass that it laughs to scorn the puny attempts made by the government to confine 1ts waters to the river bed, but sweeps away the barviers built at vast expense as so much chaff. The problem confronting the people of the Mississippi valley is most serious. What is most to be feared is that the disaster is not due to any occasional increase in the vainfall. = but to the mad rush of waters from tributaries into channels now totally in- adequate to carry off the surplus. The cause of this condition can be di- rectly traced to the denudation of the forests which ouce covered the Missi sippi basin from tho Rocky mountuins to the Gulf of Mexico. It is useless, however, to weep over spilled milk. The primeval forests can never be re- placed. Nor does it scem practicable to sink millions of dollars annuaily in the builaing of levees and embankments to e swept away regularly by the spring freshets. A new rem- edy must be applied to check the engine of depredation destructive by reason of its oceurring in the secd- ing season. Tho most plausible plan is that advancea by Major Powell, who would store up tho head waters of the Mississivppi and Missouri and their main affluents for the double purposa of ivri- gatioa as well as to diminish the vol- ume of water of the lower Mississippi. M. KiMBALL thinks that the chief object of the visit of the interstate commer commission is to ‘‘give the kickers a chance” to exercise them- selves. Mr. Kimball and the corpor: tion he represents will discover before the kickers got through that they can- ot safely iguove, the demand for just and reasonable freight rate FLECTIONS 13 Poru must be very grim afiairs when ope hundred people are killed over tho selection of a single cone gressman. Cau it be possible that Peru has heard of the solid south? OTHER LANDS THAN OURS, The political fleid in Germany at present borders upon a stald of bewiiderment. Even the socialists, Lhe largest gainers by the elections, are in no httle danger of being swallowed up by the tacties of 1he govern- ment. ‘The anti‘goeialist bill is to bo heres after known as the anti-anarchist bill, and the exnulsion clause will disappoars the con- dition of workingmen 18 to be given prefer ence 1n legislation, and in general the stigima is to be taken from tho nawe of socialism. It will be difficult for the leaders to resist these bids for popular fayor on the part of the emperor, The ultra-conservatives, upon the other~hand, are encourazed by the em- peror's last apeech to advise tha suspension of the sittings of the reichstag, and even the estublishment of @ dictatorship. The clerl: cals are in high feather und expect to see their extravagant demands accevted by Bismarck, The national liverals, what thers is left of them, believe that the em- peror 18 as foolish us he s young in the boast that bo can dash his enemies to pieces. 1t ot a period of intense auxiety for aod the prospect of another MARCH 15. is by no 1880 dissolution and election means remote, . The rosignation of Tisza, the Hungarian premior, is one of tho most interesting of re- cent European ovents, For yoars past the nobles liave striven in vain to oust from the premicrship this man of the peopis, and to substituto in his place a represontative of their own cnsto. When the question con« cerning Kossuth's civic rights arose to- ward the end of last yoar, they at once availed themselves of the ex-dictator's name to begin & propaganda among the people against Tisza. Kossuth's rights to Lungar- fan citizonship had lapsed under the provis- fons of the naturalization laws of 1579, and the nobles demanded that the statute in question should be specially amended in such a manner as to revive the citizenship of the great patriot, To this demand the prime minister refused to accede 8o tong as Kossuth declined to recognize either tho validity of the Hungaran constitution or the rights of Francis Joseph to the crown of St. Stephen. His attitude on the subject was cordially endorsod by the emperor Kking, who moreover publicly announced that he regarded tho matter asone personal to himself, The foeling which the nobles had aroused among the masses against Tisza by means of their clever use of the nawe of Kossuth has, however, proved too strong and too widespread to be withstood. Francis Joseph has been forced—possibly in order to save his Hungarian throne —to sacrifice his favorite and trusted minister, and Count Szapary, 8 member of the reactiogary no- bles party, to whom Tisza had given a seat in his cabinet for the purpose of propitiating his opponents, has been avpointed prime minister 1 the place of the Hungarian Glad- stone. ou Railway construction in Mexico is now more active than ever. In 1334 there wero but threo completed railway lines in tho country—the old Vera Cruz railway, the Mexican Central and the Sonora, away up in the northwestern corner. For the rest thero were numerous congested enterprises in va- rious stages of mcompletion, and it scemed doubtful if the broken threads would again be taken up. Four railways now striko the frontier of tho Umted States. The narrow- gauge Mexican National gives a now saort line that brings this capital within fivo days of New York, and 1t is doing a prosperous business, The Mexican International, a branch of the Southern Pacific, connecting with the Central at Villa Lerdo, gives a standard gauge routo nearly as short. The Central has buiit up a fine local trafile besides which its international business is inconsiderable, either in amount or remunerativeness, It has built a branch to Guadalajara, the greav trade center of western Mexico, and its Tampico division, to be finished 1n about o month from now, running through some of the grandest scenery on tho continent as it descends across the Kastern Cordilleras to tho coast, will dévelop a formidable rival to Vera Cruz at the mouth of the Panuco. San Luis Potosi, where this division and the maia line of the Mexican National intercept, will be- come the third great trado centre of Mexico. Another important line for the northern part of Mexico is the Montarey and Mexican Gulf, a standard gauge under construction from the capital of Neuvo Leon down tirough the warm lauds of Tamaulipas to Tampico, and designed to give that porta route to tae frontier by means of a counect- ng line from Monterey to the Mexican Tn- ternational, passing through the coal meas- ures of Coahuila, The project of bridging Behring straits, which 18 said to be attracting soms discus- sion in Kussia, loois, to say the least, a triflo prematurc. An age, however, which conteni- plates spanning the British channel will not declare 1npossible, 1n the engineering scase, tho ultimate coustruction of a highway be- tween Siberia and Alaska. It is true that while the distance from the English to he French shores is only twenty-two or twenty-three miles, the distance from the American to the Russian is be- tween fifty and sixty. But tois streteh is broken by the Diomede 1slands, lying about midway i Behring straits, and well scat- wred. Three large, well known, and inbab- ited islunds of this group aret so situated as to form convenient stations in a routo from Cape Princa of Wales on our shore to East Cape on the Siberian. They are Fair- way Rock, Krusenstern, or, as the people call it, Iogaliuk. and RatmanofY, or Imaklit: and botween thu two latter passes the boundary line of the treaty of 1367. The distance of the first from the American shore is hardly a dozen miles, and that of the last from the Russian shore only about twice as much. There is also King or Ukivok island, inhabited. and a survey might disclose uninhabited rocis capable of additionally breaking tho distance for a bridge route. The depth oven in the mddic of tho swraits is said ta be about thirty fathoms; and alto- gether, barring the ice, the engineering problem might not be hopeless, provided there were anything whatever to suggest ua- dertuking it. Of course, nobody proposes to drop - seorcs and hundreds of wiliions into guch & project, with no returns, in this age of the world, Whoever should take the jour- ney by water to Behring Straits would not grudgo the few hours expended in crossing. Perhaps during the twenty-flirst century, after Helper's backbone railroad has been built, with n spur running westward to the valley of the Yukon, the thon flourishing populations of Siberia and Aluska may clamor for this method of local rapid transit between their shores. Russia has maintained hor supromncy in the Baltic since 1700, when Admiral Kruso defeated the Swedish flect, ‘The centennial anuiversary of this event will be celebrated on May 28 next in every part of **Holy Rus " but especially in her seaports and on Great prep: ly being madotogive great cclat to the festival, At the close of the century the Russiar navy was so wnferior in reard to men and figutiog material that it was doubted if it would be able to hold its own against the Swedes, the traditional lords of the Baltic and the possessors of the Duchy of Fiuland, It was in May, 1190, that the Swedish fleot of twenty-nine vessels, commanded by the duke of Sundermun- lavd, was ordered by [King Gus- tave 411 to make a descent upon Lk young capital of Russia, S+, Petersburg wis but poorly fortified at thac time, and its ap proaches by the Neva were defonded ¢ by the seveatcen vessels which Adwiral Kruse bad suceseded 1 guthering togehor for the purpose. A sanguinary battle was fought off the Red Hill, where the rival flects met. It lasted for two days, during which time the St. Petersburg inhabitauts crowded anxiously along the quays, listening to the roar of the cannon, which wmed every now and then to draw ncarer to the city. At leugth, however, notwithstandiog the in- feriority of the forces at his command, Ad miral Kruse compelled the Swedigh fleots to beat a retreat and to take refuge undor the guns of Viborg, where it was blockaded by tho Muscovites, It is sald that England is engaged in building a dry doci at Gibraltar capable of holding the lurwest afloat. It has long been noped, both by France and Spain, that at some time England would relinguish 1ts bold upon Gibraltar, for the reason that it 18 no longer @ koy to the Mediterraueas ronelad and that to hold this position 18 a constant source of irritation to both of these powe With the irgnclads of the present day, im- porvious as they are to tho fire of the oid- fashioned easement guns which fortify the great rock, and with a strait thirty miles fa width, the uavios of she world might laugh at any endoavors which England might make to hold the channel by the power of her impreguable fortress. Tho rock of Gibraltar is today but a curiosity of military enginearing. Tho white population of the Congo is fns oreasing at quito a rapid rate. Five years ago, after Stanley had founded his stations, there were only about two hundrod white men enguged in the various entorpriscs along tho river. Tho number has now in- creased to nearly fivo hundred, some of whom have lived on the river nine or ten yoars. The gratifylog thing about it is that a fair averago of health is maintainod among these colonists, The fact would attract world wide attention if these plonecrs were baving tho experience which, it is suid, wus formorly the usual fate of the governors of Siorra Leono, the old governor invariably going home in his coffin while the new ofi- cial was traveling io his fleld of labor. Prophecy Becoming History. Chicago Standard, the future power and influence of the west has been predicted for half a century or more. Some of this prophecy is becom- ing history now, that is all. The Wav of the Railroads, Pittshurg Dispateh. The western railroads are cutting vassen- ger rates in ordor to drive each other nto an azreement on the terms that each wishes to dictate. After the fight is patched up they will proceed to lay 1t all on that bugbear, the inter-state commerce law. —_—— Imperialism Alarmed. Chicago News. A German newspaper, which ropresent the officialism of the empire, says that uni- versal suffrage i8 a political monstrosity. It is significaut that this uxpression of opinion is made after the people have won at the poll an enoromous victory over the imper- ialistic tendencies of their class opponents. The Law Not Always Just, Pitlsturg Dispatch, The law cannot make good 1ts claim to be an agency of civilization or & supvort of hu- man rights until it puts justice within reach of every common man, While it can impov- erish & man to secure a declaration of his in- nocence it as littlo better than u relic of gov- ernmental barbarism, PO T How Prolbition is Eaforced. Kansas City Times. The Times bas frequontly called attention to the methods which the prohibitionists of Kansas have resorted to to enforce the odious prohibitory law. The spy, who is as odious in America as the informer is in Ireland, bas been offered a premium, and every man has been anvitea to become a spotter on his neighbor., The drunken vagabond has been a favorite instrument of conviction, and the word of the man who was willing to testify for a drink of whisky has been accepted as cvidence by the judges created by tbe pro= Inbitory law. On the statutes of Kansud today are laws enacted in order to enforco prohibition beside whnich the Russian code appears respectable. s R BOSTON SOCIELY THIEV A Back Hay Lady Arrested for Steal- inz Ribbons and Lac PostoN, M Murch 14.—[Special Tele gram to Tuz Beel—One of the social queens of the back bay was arvested on Tuesday for shop-iiftng at Jordan, Marsh & Co.’s store. She bad stolen §5 worth of rib- bous and luces, and whea arrested she left her coschman and an elegant turnout in front of the store while she walked police headquarters. A message was sent 10 her husband, a Stato street broker, by the prisoner, and in half an hour he bailed her out, depositing £100 in cash_for her ap- pearance at court. Of courso she fuiled to appear for trial yesterday, Sho gave the numo of “Mary Smith” and the police will continug to look for “Mary Smit ‘the back bay has turned out several “‘ileptowaniac,” but this is the first time a tiveried coachman and pair were used by the operator. One weil known lady who has been caught in the act soveral times lives in tho back bay. Sho has a mauia for stealing small articles, Why she shouid do 80 is & question that puzzles both the polico and her frien Her husband provides her with plenty oi money and they have all the luxurics desired in their bomo, yet sho will go outand steal small articles 10 tho vaiue of a dollar or two. She was never known to steal unything of great value. After several experiences of this kind her husband arranged it 5o that when she emored any of the big storos she would bo followed and a List made of the articles that she stole. ‘Phon the bill was sent to him and he settled it - CHICAGD Caltp to INTERS, Trouble Brewing Betwsen the Jour- neymen ana Bosses, Maren 14.—[Special Telegram to Tux Bre. |- Phe question of loyalty to the trade orgunization will be a most mportant mattor of consideration and deliberation for the journeymen carpenters between now and Apnil 7. Atuieir mecting last night the employing carpenters decided to adopt the cight-hour day and also agreed that un ud vance in w for the journeymen was proper and timely. This decision was a practical uequiescence in the dewands of the men in substauce, but not in form. ‘Ihe men vant cight hours a day and 40 cents an hour instead of #3 cents, Which is now the prevail- ing rato. ‘'ho bosses agree to Lhis, but they do not agreo that 40 cents shall bo the mini- mum wages to bo paid to carpenters. They decided that they shall be the judges as to what each workman is worth—40 cents per hour or more or less. 1iesides this the bosses practically decided to ignore the carpenters’ organization, The carpenters do not like this nnd some of their leaders today em ically expressed their determination to bt o terms which did uot include a ognition of their trade organization. A meoting of the carpenters will be held Sat- urday evening aud some action may be taken regarding the decision of the bosses, - - Cuic Chicago Suburban nsit Troublcs, Cnicago, Murch 14— Svecial Telegram o Tue bee]--According to Chairman Givens, the vigorous protest made by the suburbup- iles at their mass meeting yesterday has had its effects, In an interview today he “Muuy of the aldermen have In 1 the members of the committee ap: poiuted yesterday that they couid seo that somo relief must bo aforded immedinely and they expressca their willingness to volo for a repeal of the measures. A new ordy nance is now being drafted, which will doubtiess be adopted, 1t will provide for gates and watohmen at all the crossings and will be sufficient to guard life for the pres out, or while some permanent moasuro is being considered. The permauent weusure will undoubtedly be the raising of the tracky, with tunuol passages at tho crossings. 1t 18 remarkable to what an extent the suburban business has Big dry goods said: forme: hildren Cry for Pitcher's Castoria, When Daby was sick, we gavo her Castoria. When she was & Child, she criad for Castoria, When sho became Mis, sho clung to Caastoria, Whan she had Childrea, she gave them Castoria Nousos roported a decroase in business of 20 peroont. ‘The theaters could not estimate their losses. i A Trinl for LiboL Deapwoon, 8 D, March. 14— [Special Telegram to Tir Rae.|—. S. Edwards, editor of the Lead City Tribuae, and Froe- man Knowles of the Mead County Timos, who were indioted for eriminal libel at the ing alleged false statoments reflocting upy / recent session of the grand jury for |v|ll|l|l}( the ndministrstion of 1. A, McPhersén chnirman of the board of county commis sionera, appeared in court today nnd pleaded not guiity to the charge. Several prominent attorneys have boen rotained in thoir de- fenso, and the case is attracting considera bl attention throughout the county, The cases will be heard on Monday, peachalide™oirniod IN THE KOTUNDA, John 8. Hoover, a vrominent and grain merchant of Blue Hill, istered at tho Millard yesterday. politici Vb, rega Mr, Hoover, while claiming to attond strictly to business, has one eye open to the movements of the political patriots and s semi-cynical way of expressiog himself thercon which is extremely refreshing. I am here after two or three car loads of flax sced,” suid he. “Our peoplo are pretty well satisfied thut under present ‘conditions corn 18 a pretty good crop to starve to death on and want to make « change. Flax has been triod on asmall acale, yielding from tento fifteen bushels to the acre and marketed at from 85 conts to 00 cents ver bushel. Our scheme is to loan the soed to the farmers on their potes payable when the product 1s marketed, wo miaking our profit by handling the grain “About Laws?" with a smile. “Woll, that's a good way from flax and a subject on which T am not quite so well posted. “Mr. Laws has a _hard roo to hoe—an ex- tremely hard row. He has some friends, of course, but he also has cnemies and you can bear down on the enemies, He is'a good, honest kind of a man, I suppose, but weal:, you know, weak. Some of his appoiptmen's have been extremely distasteful” to his strongest supporters and they will prebabiy not be quite 80 enthusiastic next tume | don't see why he stould want the nomina. tion, anyhow, nor why anyone should wa t it in our part of the country. The salary of A congressman is no inducément to the ordi- nary man to loave his business. There is no glory in it. About all our congress mon do is to attemut to pa sheir pelitical debts by securing approprin- tions for public buildings, That muy be n 200d way to dispose of tho surplus, but I know o better way. *“There are a good many old soldiers country who made it possiblo for somo of these senators to become millionnires, They were paid in mouey worth only 50 cents on the dollar, What's the matter with making up the deficiency? Of course that will never be dou but it would be no more than justico. Those soldiers risked their lives for the country and it should pay them 81, not 50 cents. " Then there ure soldiers who need pensions, and lots of them. L don't, and by the way neither does Senator Manderson. We aro both strong and heulthy and can earn a lv- 1ng, but some ol¢ soldiers aro in want. West ern congressmen are seldom Leard of except in securing appropriations for public build- ings, though during their candidacy they could promiso the earth. 13ut this is poli tics. ““You had a party of Hastings peovle down hero ycsterday, Bostwick, Paul, Dr, Lyman and others. Iauppose you know they were after the B, & M. stops from Lincoel; theyare in the soap. I am representing Blue Hill and am authorized to offer the north half of Webster county as a bounus. tho these Little Pills. They alsorelievo Dis tress from Dyspepsia, [ndigestion and To Hexrty Eating. A pe foct remedy for © zzl ness, Nansea, Drowsl ness, Bad Tasto in the Mouth,Coated Tongue, Pain in tho Side, TOR] PID LIVER, &. They regulate tho Dowels) and prevent Couatipation and Piles. The smellest and ensiect to take. Only one pill a dose. 40 inavisl. Purely Vegetable, Pric 25 cents. UARTER MEDIOINE C0., Prop'rs, New York. THRER NIGHTS, COMMENCING THURSDAY, MARCH 13 (Saturday Matinee.) 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